Television and Radio

Clearcuts are widely understood to be detrimental to forests—but what about more selective forms of logging? In this webinar, Dr. Chad Hanson (Director and Principal Ecologist of the John Muir Project) and Stephen Kropp (President and Executive Director of the Legacy Forest Defense Coalition) examine the ecological consequences of thinning in the name of wildfire mitigation and forest health.

NBC 6 South Florida interviews Dr. Chad Hanson about wildfires and how to protect our communities. We need to shift our efforts and resources away from backcountry fuels reduction toward strategies that immediately decrease community risks, such as home hardening and defensible space.

In collaboration with Wilderness Watch, our webinar dives into the language of the Fix Our Forests Act to highlight how a cleverly hidden loophole in S. 1462 would nullify any potential enforcement of all federal environmental laws on national forests and BLM lands nationwide. If you thought that the House version of FOFA was extreme, just wait until you learn about this newly discovered loophole.

At the 2026 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Dr. Chad Hanson joined a group of experienced voices to examine how collaborative groups are influencing decisions across public lands. This panel takes a candid look at these concerns and questions whether collaboratives groups are truly serving our public lands or undermining them.

Dr. Chad Hanson of the John Muir Project share a presentation about the most misunderstood tree on Earth—giant sequoias—and their struggle to survive our war on wildfires at the 2026 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference.

At the 2026 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Dr. Chad Hanson shares new research about the influence of dense forests on fire intensity. Unsurprisingly, the study found no meaningful link between how long a forest has gone without fire and how severely it burns.

In 2020 and 2021, the Castle and KNP Complex fires burned through Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument in California, igniting a government and media firestorm. In June 2025, a team of researchers visited Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park and found something remarkable. Watch our film, The Great Big Giant Sequoia Scam!

Methow Forest Forum | Dr. Chad Hanson joined in a powerful community meeting in the Methow Valley focused on protecting our forests while pursuing ecologically responsible wildfire safety in communities. Upon clicking the video, Dr. Chad Hanson’s presentation should be marked at its start (if not, his panel begins at 18 minutes, 20 seconds).

KNX Radio | Dr. Chad Hanson shares his insights on the ‘Zone 0 Plan,’ i.e., defensible space measures, that CalFire has gotten backwards. He believes the existing defensible space rules are unclear at the moment.

Currently, disinformation about this relationship is being used as a primary political talking point to promote destructive logging measures and environmental rollbacks, including national bills and policies that mostly pertain to non-sequoia forests.